Validation of a Hierarchical Deterministic Record-Linkage Algorithm Using Data From 2 Different Cohorts of Human Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Persons and Mortality Databases in Brazil - Pacheco, Antonio G.; Saraceni, Valeria; Tuboi, Suely H.; Moulton, Lawrence H.; Chaisson, Richard E.; Cavalcante, Solange C.; Durovni, Betina; Faulhaber, José C.; Golub, Jonathan E.; King, Bonnie; Schechter, Mauro; Harrison, Lee H. (American journal of epidemiology, 2008)
Keywords: Acquired immune deficiency syndrome; Adolescent; Adult; AIDS; Algorithms; Analysis. Health state; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil - epidemiology; Cohort Studies; data collection; Databases, Factual - statistics & numerical data; Death Certificates; Epidemiology; Female; General aspects; HIV; HIV Infections - complications; HIV Infections - mortality; Human immunodeficiency virus; Human viral diseases; Humans; Immunodeficiencies; Immunodeficiencies. Immunoglobulinopathies; Immunopathology; Infectious diseases; Male; Medical Record Linkage; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Mortality; Practice of Epidemiology; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Research methodology; Sensitivity and Specificity; software validation; Survival Rate; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - complications; Tuberculosis, Pulmonary - mortality; Viral diseases; Viral diseases of the lymphoid tissue and the blood. Aids; South America; Brazil; America; Rio de Janeiro Brazil; Brazil, Rio de Janeiro; cohort studies; mortality; medical record linkage; HIV; software validation; data collection; Medical data; Decision tree; Epidemiology; Cohort study; Database; Medical record; Public health; Human; Immunopathology; Mortality; Retroviridae; AIDS; Immune deficiency; Lentivirus; Algorithm; Infection; Virus; Test validation; Viral disease; Software; Human immunodeficiency virus; Data gathering